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Fall due to ice and snow (W00)

    • ICD-10 Index

      • External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y98)

        • Slipping, tripping, stumbling and falls (W00-W19)

            • Fall due to ice and snow (W00)
            • W00 - Fall due to ice and snow NON-BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.0 - Fall on same level due to ice and snow NON-BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.0XXA - Fall on same level due to ice and snow, initial encounter BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.0XXD - Fall on same level due to ice and snow, subsequent encounter BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.0XXS - Fall on same level due to ice and snow, sequela BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.1 - Fall from stairs and steps due to ice and snow NON-BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.1XXA - Fall from stairs and steps due to ice and snow, init encntr BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.1XXD - Fall from stairs and steps due to ice and snow, subs encntr BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.1XXS - Fall from stairs and steps due to ice and snow, sequela BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.2 - Other fall from one level to another due to ice and snow NON-BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.2XXA - Oth fall from one level to another due to ice and snow, init BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.2XXD - Oth fall from one level to another due to ice and snow, subs BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.2XXS - Oth fall from one level to another due to ice and snow, sqla BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.9 - Unspecified fall due to ice and snow NON-BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.9XXA - Unspecified fall due to ice and snow, initial encounter BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.9XXD - Unspecified fall due to ice and snow, subsequent encounter BILLABLE CODE
            • W00.9XXS - Unspecified fall due to ice and snow, sequela BILLABLE CODE

Instructional Notations

Includes Includes
This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.

  • pedestrian on foot falling (slipping) on ice and snow

Type 1 Excludes Type 1 Excludes
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

  • fall on from ice and snow involving pedestrian conveyance V00
  • fall from stairs and steps not due to ice and snow W10

7th Character Note 7th Character Note
Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W00

7th Character 7th Character
Indicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.

  • A - initial encounter
  • D - subsequent encounter
  • S - sequela